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reputation. >> we are their servants, as speaker i pledge to listen and do all i can to help you. >> it has been a bruising couple of weeks. boehner failed to push blue his plan b and then encured the wrath by not bringing a superstorm sandy bill to a vote. >> the republican leadership has turned backs on new yorkers. >> the democrats still control the senate, the republicans the house. but the new congress is different, more win, more minority and the call, at least to come together. >> to work in friendship and partnership to live up to the legacy of our founders and our aspirations of our constituents. >> that bipartisan saw a display today senator returned after a year abs sense after a stroke
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and made his way up the steps to get back to work. the nation hoping the rest of congress can do the same. they face a real laundry list of top issues. you have the debt, obamacare sequestration, immigration, all of them but congress gets back to work tomorrow and they are screded to take their first vote -- squeded to take their first vote of the sandy relief package. >> thank you. among the new members sworn into today tim kaine to take the oat of office. jim web is was on hand today swearing in he defeated george allen for the senate seat. >> the i.r.s. is trying to figure out if tax refunds will be delayed because of the last-minute fiscal cliff deal. they are reviewing details and
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will issue new guidelines soon. several items are listed as reserved because they are waiting on a resolution to the fiscal cliff. >> one day after being released from the hospital seak of state hillary clinton is making plans to go back to work. she plans to go back to work some time next week. she is resting at home after being treated for a blood clot in her head. doctors have advised her not travel abroad. >> we have a developing story from manassas where justin wolfe will remain behind bars. he spent 11 years in prison, he was convicted for a drug related murder but those charges were dropped after it was found that prosecutors suppressed evidence. today, court granted the stay and halted his release. d.c. police say they don't
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suspect foul play in connection with a death of a man whose body was found in a vepts allegation shaft last night. -- ventilation shaft last night. officers discovered michael poe's body in the ventilation shaft after receiving calls that someone was trying to get on the roof. it is unclear what lured poe to the roof or why he was there. >> a prince william county police officer killed in a traffic accident is being remembered tonight. a viewing is being held for chris yung and we're live in woodbridge with how he is being honored. >> it is obviously that officer chris yung was a well-loved officer. this viewing just started a few minutes ago and a lot of people here. this is video we took several hours ago, even late this afternoon officers and other folks were starting to aprovide
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for this viewing. he was a 35-year-old married father of three. as i mentioned, very well-liked. he always had a smile on his face and he had a generous spirit as well. on new year's eve he was responding to a call on his motorcycle and had his lights on when a minivan made a left turn in front of him and the accident took his life. they say it is sad to lose a police officer who was trying to prothedget. >> they work so hard even it is extremely sad to lose something that was so beneficial to our community. >> tomorrow the funeral will be at 10:00 a.m. here at the hlten chapel. they are expecting a lot of people to come to that. it is open to the public but they say if you don't know the officer well the better way may be to line the presession afterwards. here's a map where the precision
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will go. it will start around 11:15 and it will cover a large portion of prince william county. it is a great way to show your support. you can bring american flags, whatever you want to do to show your support. the presumption of innocence william school system is warning parents because of this presession they might be a little late get your child home from school but it is well worth any delays to remember officer yung that so many people around here have such good things to say about him. he will be very missed. he will be buried on saturday. >> thanks, tom. in connecticut it is back to school for sandy hook elementary students. less than three weeks after the newtown massacre. the site of the shooting where 20 students and six teachers
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were killed are still part of an investigation so they are attending a nearby school. the school is renamed sandy hook and the student's desks were brought in to help them feel more comfortable. >> there were counselors and parents and everybody was happy to get back into the swing of things. >> police will likely maintain a presence at the school for some time. the governor is announcing a new exchange to help in gun laws and school safety. >> a new way to broadcast to american homes, the cable network has purchased current tv. the purchase price between $100 to $500 million. current tv is in about 60 million american homes. time warner dropped the network.
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>> coming up, who has the most stressful and the least stressful jobs? our new list is out which may help you plan your next career. >> the grim reality is that online child exploitation is part of our modern lines. >> child pretty or thes busted. >> plus, how you can get your hands on inauguration memorabilia even if you don't plan tow attend the event. >> our forecast is in
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>> tonight our report on a major child pornography bust spanning six countries. >> they caught more than 200 child predator. the busts involved 35 states including virginia and maryland. >> homeland security rescued 123 children as young as 2 years old in a wide child pornography ring. >> this is a tale of violent exploitation of children. >> out of the arrests made worldwide eight were in virginia and one in maryland.
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30-year-old of maryland produced pornographic images involving a young boy. >> a parent, aboyfriend, a relative. >> the sting doned sunflower and officials used this sign to locate the victim. >> we found the right highway but the stretch of highway where that particular sign was. >> it is one of thousands of examples each year where authorities use sophisticated technology to identify victims. >> we look at these videos and images for tiny clues. >> now authorities are turning to the public to identify these child pornographiers that led to an arrest of a pedophile in
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california. >> here in washington, d.c. we have him arrested in california, is a perfect example how we need the public's help. >> they have made additional arrests based on tips from the bub. that information is on our website, wjla.com. >> coming up, where you can get your hands on 2013 inauguration gear weeks before the event. >> get ready for a warmer weekend. >> another day of practice for the washington redskins as they look forward to round one to feel playoffs. we'll tell you the title given to london fletcher and his
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now, if you have an idea on how to stop harassing calls the federal trade commission wants to hear from you. they started a new contest open to the public, the winning idea will get a $50,000 cash price. they have received already 230 submissions and will choose the winner on april 15. >> an online inauguration store is open for business for president obama's second swearing in. it offers mugs, t-shirts, and other items. the committee will open a retail store later this month. for a link to the online store check our website wjla.com. >> pretty chilly out there. >> yeah, fortunately the winds are not a factor. nice a bright and still. tomorrow it will be a couple degrees warmer but the winds are
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going to be so gusty it will feel colder than today. confused? good. look at this beautiful time-lapse from our rooftop camera in arlington. this morning it was overcast but then cleared out for a beautiful day, just completely blue sky and there goes to sun. it will be back tomorrow, i bet you. it better be or we'll be in trouble. tomorrow the sun will set at 5:00 the last time the sunset was that late was on the 8th day of november. we're going to gain 38 minutes of daylight from now until january. so daylight hours getting longer. 38 was the high this afternoon. 43 is the average. across the area 28 in frostburg.
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32 in silver springs. in the low 30's across the area. the temperature map shows the cold stuff to the north that that is up to northern england and up to the canadian arctic. so the cold air is feeling off that way. what is coming in place is the moderation. these are cold, cold numbers but over the next five six, seven days we're going to see a warm-up that will spread to the east in our direction. we'll hit about 50 next week. a little disturbance coming through tomorrow morning. i think it will just give us the gusty winds and the sunshine will be around for the duration of the day. sunny and cold through the midday because of the wind it will be chilly. mid 40's on sunday and monday. then the warp-up wones of next week.
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we've been telling you about the blogs on our weather page at wjla.com. these impressive pictures to enjoy and scan all about these stories. the sun we see now is very very impressive. >> we're going to see a couple of sharp quarterbacks on sunday at 4:30. >> i have stats. redskins-seahawks game, the top two for rocky of the year by the way, the third candidate will be haying just up the road on sunday. but our game features the secretary hawks quarterback and of course, robert griffin iii. there are a lot of similarities. look at these. they have done the same number
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of passes with the same accuracy. total passing yards almost identical. the big difference is that wilson has thrown six more touchdowns but given up five more interceptions and rg3 as a slight edge. be you if ask rg3 -- well, let's stop there. >> i met him a couple times and talked to him. he's a great guy but like i said you have to play against quarterbacks, it is not my job to compare us that is your job. i hope you have fun. >> congratulations to linebacker london fletcher was named defensive player for the month of december. that is well and good for number 59 but his focus is on how to stop the seahawks. he knows to advance it will take a team effort. >> with football, it is a team support, it is offense, defense,
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special teams, whatever it takes to win a ball game that is what i'm trying to to do. obviously, we love to get takeaways, if is it playing great offense, we just want to win the football game. >> if you can't take some time out tomorrow night for our redskins playoff special titled "the year of rg3" that is tomorrow night. more meetings as owners try to reach an agreement in the nhl lockout. they are getting close but no deal is done. this is after an three-hour extended meeting last night and an early morning meeting. if both sides don't reach some sort of agreement by january 11 it is believed that the season will be lost. >> we've been going back and forth on different things so it hard to say. there has been some progress but we're still apart on a number of
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issues. as long as the process continues i'm hopeful. >> here's our video of the day iowa state university received a big surprise as the boyfriend came out and proposed. you can see her shocked at the boyfriend came out on the court. what did she say? >> maybe. >> no, she said yes. a certain rookie quarterback playing fedex field is named rookie of the month congratulations to wilson of the seattle seahawks. >> she said i'll think about it. a look at the
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>> question, do you have a stressful job? >> well, would you like to know what jobs are the most stressful and least? for 2013, the most stressful are enlisted military personnel military general and firefighter. the least stressful jobs, university professor. who would have thought? seamstress or tailor or medical research tech in addition. stress factors considered includes travel, hazards and deadlines. >> to see the rest of the top 10 go to our website wjla.com. if you don't find that too
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stressful. >> very stressful to use sometimes. >> no. >> i'm never stressed by this i love it. i really do. as far as temperatures, eastern canada had the coldest temperatures. how far north the really cold air is and until the jet stream drops really far south we're not going to see it. we're going to see a warm-up. 35 in washington. 33 in fredericksburg. as we go overnight it is going to cold and clear and rather still. a quick look at the next seven days it will show the warm-up coming and dry weather expected for the next seven days. we'll have more at 11:00. >> we thank you very much for that. "world news" is coming up next. >> have a great evening
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